Yes — after the Rapture, God turns back to Israel, the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel, and the seven-year Tribulation runs until Christ returns and sets up His Kingdom.
Les Feldick teaches that when the Body of Christ is complete, God 'takes it out' just before the final seven years, because God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. With the Church gone, Israel returns to center stage and the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel, opening the Tribulation. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ returns to set up His Kingdom, and raptured believers return with Him to rule and reign.
Romans 11:25 — This is the verse Les calls the 'triggering mechanism' for Christ's coming for the Church; it shows Israel's blindness continues only until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 — Paul reveals the 'secret' of the Rapture — at the last trumpet the dead are raised and believers are changed, marking the Church's removal.
Romans 11:25 states that Israel's blindness is only 'until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.' That word 'until' creates a divinely ordered boundary: once the Gentile fullness arrives, the blinders on Israel are scheduled to be lifted. First Corinthians 15:51-52 reveals that not all believers will sleep; at the last trumpet the dead will be raised and believers will be changed. This is the change that accompanies the removal of the Church described by Paul.
Using a pregnancy analogy, Les compares the Church age to a fetus being formed in the womb: God places every cell in exactly the right place, and when the Body is complete — like a baby fully formed — God takes it out. Les insists the Rapture must happen just before the final seven years, because God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. He is presently dealing primarily with Gentiles while Israel is in dispersion, and He cannot resume His prophetic program with Israel until the Gentile Body is removed. Les points to Romans 11:25 as the trigger: when the last Gentile is brought in, the fullness is reached and the Church is raptured. He says there is no time element, but shortly thereafter the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel. During the seven-year Tribulation, God turns His attention back to Israel; many Jews and Gentiles believe and are martyred, though these tribulation believers are not members of the Body of Christ — Les groups them with Old Testament believers. Because the Tribulation is a Jewish prophetic period rooted in Israel's Law-oriented program, the Grace-based Church cannot enter it. After the Tribulation, Christ returns, sets up His Kingdom, and the raptured Church comes back with Him to rule and reign.
Les teaches that God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. Since the Church Age is God's work with Gentiles while Israel is dispersed, God must remove the Body of Christ before He can return to Israel in the final seven years. He also argues Law and Grace cannot be mixed: Paul made clear believers are not under Law but under Grace, so the Church cannot enter the Tribulation, which belongs to the prophetic program with Israel. Romans 11:25 supplies the scriptural 'until' boundary.
Once the Church is taken out, God can finish where He left off with Israel. The Jewish people will be back in the land and ready for the final seven-year Tribulation, after which Israel enjoys the blessings connected with Christ's return. Les connects this to Romans 11:25, which he calls the triggering mechanism for Christ's coming for the Church.
During the seven years of Tribulation, multitudes of people — Jews and Gentiles — will believe and be martyred. Les teaches that they are not members of the Body of Christ and cannot be included in it. In his thinking, he puts tribulation believers back with Old Testament believers in a resurrection group of 'just people.'
The moment the Body of Christ is complete, God takes it out, and shortly thereafter the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel. This is why Les calls Romans 11:25 the triggering mechanism and places the Antichrist's appearance immediately after the Rapture.
After the horrors of the Tribulation, Christ will return, set up His Kingdom, and those who were raptured will come back with Him to rule and reign. Les references Revelation 19 to describe Christ coming in His glory and power at this point.
The Completed Body
Les compares the Body of Christ to a fully formed fetus before delivery; the completion of the Body is the precondition that leads to the Rapture.
God's Two Programs
God is dealing primarily with Gentiles while Israel is dispersed, so the Gentile Body of Christ must be removed before God resumes His final seven-year program with Israel.
After the Tribulation
After the Tribulation, Christ returns, sets up His Kingdom, and raptured believers return with Him to rule and reign.
Tribulation Believers
Multitudes of tribulation believers — Jew and Gentile — will be martyred; they are not part of the Body of Christ and are grouped with Old Testament believers.
Why the Church Cannot Enter the Tribulation
Because believers are not under Law but under Grace, and the two cannot be mixed, the Church cannot go into the Tribulation.
The Trigger
Romans 11:25 is the triggering mechanism for Christ's coming for the Church — when the fullness of the Gentiles is reached, the Rapture happens.
God Finishes With Israel
After the Church is taken out, God finishes where He left off with Israel, bringing in the seven-year Tribulation split into three and a half and three and a half.
Immediate Aftermath
As soon as the Body of Christ is complete and God takes it out, the Antichrist will shortly sign a treaty with Israel.
Romans 11:25: For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Sets the boundary: Israel's blindness lasts only until the Gentile fullness — the completed Body of Christ — has come in.
1 Corinthians 15:51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Paul's 'secret' that Les cites as the basis for the Rapture of the Church.
1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Describes the instantaneous change that accompanies the Church's removal at the Rapture.
No. Les Feldick maintains there is no way the Church can go into the Tribulation, primarily because Paul made clear believers are not under Law but under Grace, and you cannot mix them.
Shortly after the Body of Christ is complete and God takes it out, the Antichrist will sign a treaty with Israel. Les calls Romans 11:25 the triggering mechanism.
No. Les teaches that tribulation believers, Jewish and Gentile, are not members of the Body and cannot be; he groups them with Old Testament believers.
Yes. After the Tribulation, Christ returns and sets up His Kingdom, and those who were raptured come back with Him to rule and reign.
Watch the Teaching: Israel's Blindness & the Fullness of the Gentiles — Romans 11:25